Publications

Learning Objectives

Interview a variety of people and see where they get their news.

How to LOVE the NEWSPAPER

Section 1: Writing a News Story; writing a news story about a Fair Tale. Parts of a News Story

Section 2: Parts of a Newspaper: Identify and collaborate to make a large poster illustrating the parts of a newspaper, for future reference.

Section 3: Feature Articles; columns, soft news, topics you enjoy (that is where you start)

Section 4: Interviews

Section 5: Sports Articles: all the ins and out, scores, updates and standings.

Section 6: Classifieds

Section 7: Editorials and Letters to the Editor; this is where you get to express your opinion in a formatted manner.

Section 8: Pictures and Captions:

The Sections of a Newspaper

The Cover page story
Table of Contents
Business
Technology
Science
Health
Sports
Education
Weather
Obituaries
The New York Region
Washington
International

The Branding Iron Process - how we do things at PV

Commit to a topic and see it through
Write the rough drat
Have peer edit it (you read it out loud to them and they read it out loud to you)
Make changes
Let some time pass, and re-read it word for word yourself.
Share it through Google Docs (wnichols7@gmail.com)
I will edit, make a decision if it will go i the Plateau Valley Times or the Branding Iron.

Plateau Valley Times Deadlines:
Sept 2
Sept 16
Sept 30
October 14
October 21
November 4
November 25
December 9

Links:

http://www.tqnyc.org/2006/NYC063068/A%20Sample%20of%20a%20Newspaper.htm

13 sections of a newspaper

http://www.tameri.com/dtp/elements.html

elements of each article

http://www.saskschools.ca/curr_content/journalism20/print_journalism/parts_newspaper.htm

curriculum

http://mashable.com/2009/06/19/teaching-social-media/

Social Media - how it to teach it!